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{{quote|'''Grif:''' "Simmons, I think you've gone mad with imaginary power."
'''Simmons:''' "Oh no, Grif. I've gone mad with very real power." }}
* ''[[Cwen's Quest]]'': This seems to be case with the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100430184121/http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/index.php?p=467213 Witch Queen]. She is easily the most magically inclined character in the series and while normally smart she seems incapable for mentioning the word magic without bursting into bouts of insane [[Maniacal Laugh]]ter that would scare most versions of the joker. It is even more clear she is brilliant but insane in her Twitterings.
* In Mark Shallow's current webcomic, ''[[Antihero for Hire]]'', Wizard is an example of this, despite being extremely intelligent. Waterfall, an adversary using the same technology, snaps with the same kind of insanity at the sight of her sisters being threatened, which invoked ''[[It's Personal]]''.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', this is [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-06-30 revealed to be] the reason why Immortals "reset" every two hundred years. As time goes by, they become "more bored, more powerful, and less sane," which as Jerry notes is "kind of a bad combo." This could explain why {{spoiler|Pandora}} acts the way she does, since alleviating boredom through certifiably insane plots is her entire reason for doing things. She may have never "reset" in her life.
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